New Orono High School principal Amy Steiner reflects on her first semester. In her first year at Orono High School, principal Amy Steiner says she’s...
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Gretchen Fleener’s love of face painting started early. When she was 15, the Mound resident began face painting at Valleyfair during her summer...
Wayzata Teacher Wins Holocaust Awareness Award
This spring, one Wayzata teacher received the Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award for her commitment to Holocaust education. The award—which is named...
Volunteer Bugler Helps Honor Veterans
Wayzata resident Gary Marquardt will be very busy on Veterans Day, as he is every year, by choice … even though he is not a military veteran. As a...
Minnetonka Artist is Inspired by Bold Hues and a Fascinating Career
Entering artist Sandy Resig’s mid-century Minnetonka home is like walking into a modern art gallery—but with warm sofas and a mug of coffee. Resig,...
Minnetonka High School Student Overcomes Cancer
Julia Ruelle, a junior at Minnetonka High School, had to endure a more difficult sophomore year than she expected. Last December, Julia was...
Wayzata Author Anne Marie Ruff Moves Back to the Lake
After many years away, living in Los Angeles and traveling the world, Ruff returned to the Wayzata area last year. As a novelist, journalist,...
Local Authors Share Their Journeys and Insights into the Publishing World
For aspiring authors, getting their work published is a quest that can elicit as many goosebumps as reading a Stephen King novel. Many dream of...
Highway Hero: Wayzata Renames a Stretch of US 12 in Memory of a Fallen Officer
Officer Bill Mathews was tragically hit and killed by a distracted driver in September 2017. After Wayzata police officer Bill Mathews was...
Prep Elite: Outstanding Orono High School Senior Anders Gulbrandson
Renaissance man Anders Gulbrandson is a musician, an aspiring astronaut, a member of the German club and a beekeeper with his own honey business,...
Master Class with MasterChef Junior Competitor Ariana Feygin
Excelsior eighth-grader Ariana Feygin experiences a taste of the limelight. If you’ve ever watched an episode of MasterChef Junior on Fox, the youth...
Prep Elite: The Future Is Bright
We caught up with some of the Lake Minnetonka area’s class of 2019 seniors to talk about their passions and dreams as they begin their final year of...
Multimedia Minnetonka Artist Dieterich Spahn Designs Stained Glass for the Ages
If you’ve driven on Highway 7 at night and happened past Excelsior United Methodist Church, you might already know the work of artist Dieterich...
Flying into Real Estate
Excelsior pilots—and mom and daughter—team up to co-captain a real estate business for their latest adventure. These days, pilots Kathy Rauth and...
Minnestrista Native Hopes for a Future with the Chicago Cubs
Most people look forward to summer as a chance to enjoy nice weather and take it easy. But Minnetrista native Rollie Lacy looked ahead to this...
An Apple a Day
Local surgeon shares his passion for gardening. Ralph Bashioum is a plastic surgeon by day and avid gardener and nurseryman by night, weekend—and...
Come, Sail Away
Deephaven director documents renowned sailor’s life in Coyote. From The New York Times, November 26, 1992: “Mike Plant, the 42-year-old solo ocean...
Kickin’ it with Kendama
Minnetonka high schooler is a world-class competitor in the world of kendama. What’s kendama, you ask? It’s a Japanese skill game using a wooden...
Minnetonka Woman Shares Her Experience with Cutting-edge Cancer Treatment
“My biggest concern was not that I might die of this disease, but how was I going to live with it for as long as I could have?” Minnetonka’s Teri...
Just in time for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, We Catch up with Some Local Olympians
You have to wonder if there’s something in the water—Lake Minnetonka’s water, perhaps?—because Minnesota has been home to an especially impressive...
